The Armour Archive

muttman

Shield work won`t do it because you use different muscles in different ways with a shield than striking a blow. What I`m having the best luck with is just fighting two sword and two sword pell work. I thought about fighting left handed for a bit, but decided against it since I want both weapons work...

muttman

Also btw, Hi to Norman Girl and the pups. Y`all call me sometime!
John

muttman

Stump, I watched that too. The stick fighting they were doing was Filipino Kali, but the dog brothers are not the best representation of the art, niether was the footage they showed. Otherwise, they described the art fairly well, but don`t judge it by what you saw there. If you get a chance to see s...

muttman

Grendel,I didn`t make that corrazina, Lost Scott did (nobody seems able to find him now btw;bummer cause I have to ship some stuff to him and don`t have his address)
How is the corrazina working out for you btw? good I hope.
John

muttman

BTW Evil Merlin, I`ve given it a bit of thought and I may be willing to sell you my bascinet to finance a more period apprpriate hat for my wife and as my backup till she`s ready. Now, I did offer to lend it to someone on a semi long term basis at some point in the future, but he may have set himsel...

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I was thinking that too Thaddeus

muttman

True Auto, but Kathy is a tiny little thing!
John

muttman

I`ll bring my loaner helm Thursday. BTW, its a bascinet from Ironmonger up in Maine http://www.kingslayer.com/ironmonger/catalog/catalog.htm He has made large helmets for people before, his bascinets are nice, and the price is good. You should check it out. I`m a bit suprised that my hat fits you we...

muttman

Looks good overall. I have to agree that the helmet looks big, but we`ll look that over Thursday night and see. Sometimes its hard to tell from a pic. Nice coat of plates tho! John BTW, what are you going to need for Thursday night? I may have some vambraces around, but I don`t have elbows here- I d...

muttman

1)Have you ever ramped up the power of your blows in a fight after an opponent did not take a shot you felt landed solidly? Yes 2)Have you ever ramped up to a power that you yourself would rather not be hit by? Yes 3) Have you ever thrown a blow so hard that you hurt yourself? No 4)Have you ever pur...

muttman

"those of you who were involved in the Pennsic Boat Fiasco....you can feel my pain right????"

Yes, yes I can. The only reason I even admit to being in that little bit of silliness is so I can warn others away!
It was a bad idea and shouldn`t be repeated!
John

muttman

Evil merlin, give me a call if you still have my number- I have a few places, one online with good prices on saddle skirting, one on the North shore which I will be going to next week, and one in Hudson NH. quite close to you which I also plan on going to soon (maybe tomorrow) If you can let me know...

muttman

If its at Pennsic or another battle I`m at, sure Ill do it. Could be fun and interesting. As long as no one trys to build boats into the scenario!

John
AKA Iohn MacDhaidh-house Silver Dragon

muttman

I`ve never been knocked out. I have had a short black out from a pole arm shot (short in that I woke up when I hit the ground, but don`t remember the trip down) This past winter I was hit with a sword shot level to my left ear that had it ringing badly for about ten minutes-didn`t like that much! La...

muttman

I also agree with Jesters comment one hundred percent. I am not yet a marshal, but am being trained as one and soon will be. The most I ever see myself doing, is if things get really excessive I may mention off hand to a fighter that several of the shots he didn`t call sure looked and sounded good. ...

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Nope, THAT Artos is living in Vermont a bit off the New Hampshire border. Him and Gwen have a couple of squires here in NH., one of whom I will be seeing tonight (he posts here occasionaly)Unfortunatly, Gwen and Artos are very inactive these days, which is a pity as many around here could benifet fr...

muttman

It looks like you live in Meridies, right? While not known for being a hard hitting area, I still would stay away from 16g, especialy in a great helm. Bear in mind that a great helm has little in the way of glancing surface, so most shots that hit are going to give a full transferance into the helm....

muttman

While I reckon some folks use a battle cry or such, I wouldn`t count on it as a form of recognition at Pennsic. As to the tabard idea, I am not a big fan of it at all- I already have a tabard that I choose to wear, as do many folks in the East Kingdoms Northern Army. Next year it is looking like I w...

muttman

"I would live. That much I am sure of.
I have an intense commitment to violence. I have the Simpson's "Evil Gene"."

I`m pretty sure that was the Simpson "stupid gene" the one that makes all the menfolk boneheads?

John

muttman

"Muttman who posts here can comment, we put the same arrangement in his spang" Yup, thats more or less what Adam put in my hat. It works very well and even being a very low profile hat with little clearance between my nose and the grill, I have never had a problem even with rough face thrusts. John ...

muttman

I`m sorry to say the stuff is useless. The best thing I can suggest is that you send it up to me and I will (out of the kindness of my heart of course) dispose of it properly for you. Best to send it sooner rather than later. I will even pay the shipping. Sorry for the bad news. John (who is hoping ...

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"If you think something DID something, then YOU have to PROVE it DID." Thats very well said. Good point. Couldn`t have said it better myself! Now prove that quality armor consistantly and reliably stopped arrows and bolts. Just another side of looking at the same argument. John AKA Iohne MacDhaidh h...

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Heck, I`ll do you one (or two or three )better! There was my first time on pole in a melee when I told my shield man Ivan (who was about ninety pounds in armor!) that his job was to stick to me-nothing else, just stick with me and I would let him know what to do. Wulfsan the Unshod of Aethelmac got ...

muttman

I started using a steel shield basket on my shield this summer and I am thrilled with it. I havn`t had my shield hand fingers munched once since, and with the confidance I have from it, I have started using more offensive shield work in my fighting. All I wear under the basket is a welding glove-no ...

muttman

Give hard, take light. Thats what I try to work with. I don`t take every thing that taps my armor, but if it hits with respecable authourity, I take it. If hit hits an unarmourd spot hard enough to leave a mark or welt, I take it. I don`t wear very heavy armor, and I rarely come home from practice o...

muttman

I have a friend who is in the Marine reserves who lives near me, and he has a friend in the reserves who lives in San Diego, but his Marine dutys bring him here once a month. My friend has been trying to set us up so I could teach him some basics, put armor on him, ect. and let him see how he likes ...

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I just want to publicly congratulate Dagsid on his formal induction to House Von Drakenclaue this weekend at Tolkien tourney in Barony of the Bridge.
Congrats buddy, it was good meeting you again. Welcome to the extended family!
John
AKA Iohne MacDhaidh house Silver Dragon

muttman

"I'm sorry, but I don't think an arrow, bodkin-tipped or not, is going to penetrate a mid-fifteenth century North Italian-style two-piece breastplate (mild steel, mind you) that consists of a nice, thick piece of fourteen gauge steel worn over an upper breastplate of sixteen gauge." That may or may ...

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http://barony-of-stonemarche.org/aelfwine.html

Following this link should bring people to a memorial forum for Aelfwine. If anyone has some thoughts, storys, or whatever they would like to share, they are welcome to do so here.
Thanks
John
AKA Iohne MacDhaidh house Silver Dragon

muttman

Jeez, you people are forgetting some of the fundementals, the real practical knowledge! How not to catch oneself on fire when wearing big sleeves around candles or fires. How to hurl in a porta pottie in the dark and not get covered in something gross and god forbid, blue How to piss in a porta pott...

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Oh yeah, I forgot-
there were islands too.

muttman

The boat battle was an experimental disaster from Pennsic nineteen (at least I don`t think it was attempted again.) Basicaly you had groups walking around carrying pvc outlines of a boat hull and trudging around the battlefield to where another pvc boat hull outlined group was and trying to fight th...

muttman

This is cross post from the curiosity thread on off topics- As some of you know, I was out of the SCA for a long time and only came back this summer. I was out since before combat archery was introduced in the East, so I only got to play with it recently. Before leaving twelve years ago, some folks ...

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Vitus, I could be wrong, but I read Khans post differently than I think you did. I took it to mean that he fought some knights and found his own skill and the gap between it and theres to be funny and embarassing, not that the knights prowess was funny and emarassing. At least to me it looked like t...

(SCA) Looking for contacts/ practice in San Diego

Congrats Dagsid!